Archive for 'Technology Issues'
One Search Box to Rule Them All
This guest post by Amy Fry, Electronic Resources Coordinator at Bowling Green State University’s Jerome Library, is a timely reflection on Midwinter and on current events that have us all wondering how to strike a balance between convenient access and dependence on a few powerful vendors.
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Discovery services, as you can imagine, were a big topic [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on January 22nd, 2010 under Conference Blogging, Technology Issues.
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Real-Time Web Likely To Shift User Expectations
There are some interesting new real-time web developments, and I can see how the way in which information is being delivered in real time could very well shift user expectations for obtaining content from academic libraries. While we have some traditional types of electronic databases, such as Lexis/Nexis, that provide searchable news that is updated [...]
Posted by StevenB on January 7th, 2010 under Technology Issues, Worth Reading.
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Faculty Blog Round-Up: PowerPoint
Among academic bloggers, yet another battle is raging in the PowerPoint wars.
Margaret Soltan, English professor and the venerable curmudgeon of University Diaries, links to a student’s blog to show how PowerPoint enables and encourages shoddy teaching.
Fellow English professor Alan Jacobs agrees, pointing to students’ sense of entitlement that results from PowerPoint.
Jonathan Rees, professor of history, [...]
Posted by Laura Wimberley on November 15th, 2009 under Faculty, Teaching, Technology Issues.
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Lessons from ECAR – “Real Books and People”
The new ECAR study on students and technology has just come out (thanks for the tip via Collib-L, Bill Drew!) and as usual, there are interesting findings. Nearly 90% of students come to college with a laptop now, and an even higher percentage of them use the library’s Website at least once a week. [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on October 25th, 2009 under Technology Issues.
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For the Hacker in You
Last week was the official launch of Prof Hacker, a new website devoted to productivity, technology, and pedagogy in higher education. A link to this group blog first popped up in my Twitterstream a couple of months ago and I immediately became a regular reader. While the main audience for Prof Hacker is college and [...]
Posted by Maura Smale on September 13th, 2009 under Higher Education, Teaching, Technology Issues.
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